Tuf-Neck 'Mini' Stem

14 April 2012 - 04:11 PM Post #1

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I came across one of these on a recently listed 'complete' and was wondering if anyone knew when this particular style 'mini' stem was released?

14 April 2012 - 04:23 PM Post #2

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Sorry for the 'blurry' pic, but here's the one on the complete.

I also noticed on the (black) one above, the base is slightly different in shape.

15 April 2012 - 08:18 PM Post #3

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So your the one that bought the titan!!!! Ya bastard. Just kidding. Lol. I wanted that bike bad. Cool stem and pretty rare.

15 April 2012 - 08:51 PM Post #4

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Much as I wanted that Tuf-Neck & the Crupi modified Suntour free wheel, the complete as a whole was a bit overpriced, but I did offer what I thought was a fair price for those two items.

15 April 2012 - 09:22 PM Post #5

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that's an ill stem.

curious to know the year too.

15 April 2012 - 11:13 PM Post #6

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You caught the freewheel too. I offered 600.00 he wouldnt bite. It was loaded up nice. Sorry to hi jack. I will search my old mini catalog and see if the stem is in there.

17 April 2012 - 12:53 AM Post #7

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jbros125, on 15 April 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:

You caught the freewheel too. I offered 600.00 he wouldnt bite. It was loaded up nice. Sorry to hi jack. I will search my old mini catalog and see if the stem is in there.

It definitely had some cool items, the shortened Sugino cranks where interesting, but the $999.00 opening bid turned me away. I have to ask, what is the 'old mini catalog' you speak of?

17 April 2012 - 03:39 PM Post #8

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Wonder what came 1st-this or the ESP that looks like this?

17 April 2012 - 07:59 PM Post #9

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dubplatestyle, on 16 April 2012 - 07:53 PM, said:

jbros125, on 15 April 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:

You caught the freewheel too. I offered 600.00 he wouldnt bite. It was loaded up nice. Sorry to hi jack. I will search my old mini catalog and see if the stem is in there.

I have to ask, what is the 'old mini catalog' you speak of?

The catalog that I have is from around 1985 or so. It was a bike company from Oregon I think, that made a small catalog of all mini stuff. Titan , dk , sew-ups , stuff like that. From what I remember you bought a membership to the catalog and it gave you a discount to buy all mini products. My dad picked it up at a race we were at. It was packed with black and white photos of all mini parts with the prices right next to them. I seem to remember that stem or one like it.

27 April 2012 - 09:25 PM Post #10

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2blader, on 17 April 2012 - 10:39 AM, said:

Wonder what came 1st-this or the ESP that looks like this?

I believe the E.S.P. 'mini' stem came out first, the only reference I could find on the 'mini' Tuf-Neck above is from this '84 mail-order catalog.

"Tuff Neck - 4.9 - clamps on fork - black or silver"

I'm curious if the 4.9 denotes it's weight?